2015年专八真题及答案

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2015)

GRADE EIGHT

TIME LIMIT：195 MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN) SECTION A MINI-LECTURE

In this section you will hear a mini-lecture．You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. While listening, take notes on the important points．Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture．When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap．Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable．You may refer to your notes while completing the task．Use the blank sheet for note-taking．Now, listen to the mini-lecture．

Understanding Academic Lectures

Listening to academic lectures is an important task for university students. Then, how can we comprehend a lecture efficiently?

I.Understand all (1)

A.words

B. (2)

—stress

—intonation

(3)

II.Adding information

A.lectures:Sharing information with audience

B.listeners: (4)

C.sources of information

knowledge of (5)

(6) of the world

D.listening involving three steps:

hearing

(7)

adding

III. (8)

A.reasons

overcome noise

save time

B. (9)

content

organization

IV.Evaluating while listening

A.help tp decide the (10) of notes

B.help to remember information

SECTION B INTERVIEW

In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO．Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview．At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions．Now listen to the interview．

1. Theresa thinks that the present government is ________.

[A]doing what they have promised to schools

[B]creating opportunities for leading universities

[C]considering removing barriers for state school pupils

[D]reducing opportunities for state school pupils

2. What does Theresa see as a problem in secondary schools now?

[A]Universities are not working hard to accept state school pupils.

[B]The number of state pupils applying to Oxford fails to increase.

[C]The government has lowered state pupils expectations.

[D]Leading universities are rejecting state school pupils.

3. In Theresa s view, school freedom means that schools should ____.

[A]be given more funding from education authorities

[B]be given all the money and decide how to spend it

[C]be granted greater power to run themselves